Excerpt from Chapter 12 of the Revised Laws, and Subsequent Enactments, Regulating Taxation by the Local Assessors in Massachusetts: Including Statutes Relating to the Collection of Taxes Gentlemen: The following compilation of the laws of this Commonwealth, of general application to the subject of the assess ment and collection of taxes, has been prepared, and is printed and forwarded to the assessors of the various towns and cities of the Commonwealth, in compliance with the provisions of chapter 14, t 4, of the Revised Laws. The compilation also embraces a few provisions relating to the duties of assessors, not strictly of the same class, but closely connected, which are included to assist assessors in the performance of their duties. Subsequent legislation, amending, repealing, or extending these statutes will be printed from year to year and supplied to assessors for their information. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.